Taking questions, you on afghanistan. Carley: doug luzader begins coverage in washington. This reported threat of an imminent attack follows ominous warning coming from the us embassy and that warning said due to threats outside kabul airport us citizens should avoid traveling to the airport, those at the eastgate or northgate, these frenetic evacuations continue but get into the airport has remained a huge challenge for afghans hoping to secure a ticket out of the country and we don t know how many americans remain in afghanistan. State department settled on this estimate of 1500 people yesterday and among them may be a group of families from california. March of this year we spent 19 separate messages, encouraging and urging them to leave the country. There could be others who never unrolled and have not identified themselves to us. Evacuation operations at the couple airport have to end relatively soon to the forces enough time to get themselves out ahead of next week s deadline. Wh
How the operation played out. When asked today, the president said he s considering operations as well to get the americans and afghan allies who might be stuck behind taliban check points. He continued to portray the country s sudden collapse as unforeseeable, down playing the internal state department memo we reported on last night which warned of such a fate as american forces withdrew. We re going to have more on all that coming up. First we want to get to the reality, the reality on the ground for so many people. Clarissa ward and her team were among the evacuees today, taking their place aboard crowded air force c17 transport. Our producer took these photos, an estimated 400 people on board, most of them afghan nationals. Their destination tonight, doha, qatar. We spoke to clarissa a few hours before she departed on that plane. Clarissa, you re at the kabul airport. What are you seeing there? i mean, anderson, it s just chaos. Right now we re actually on the airfield, which is th
We begin tonight with new developments in the pullout from afghanistan. Evacuation flights are back up and running after being on hold part of the day, the first airport transport landing in germany. At the white house what some saw as effort to project resolve and competence after a chaotic week in kabul and punishing week in washington, president biden renewed his promise to get any american home who wants to leave. He made a similar promise to evac all evacuate all afghans who helped in the war effort. We have breaking news on exactly how the operation played out. When asked today, the president said he s considering operations as well to get the americans and afghan allies who might be stuck behind taliban check points. He continued to portray the country s sudden collapse as unforeseeable, down playing the internal state department memo we reported on last night which warned of such a fate as american forces withdrew. We re going to have more on all that coming up. First we want t
And the taliban saw, then we would have been back at war with the taliban. We trained with modern equipment over 300,000 afghan forces. They ve got to fight for themselves. I m pamela brown in washington. You are live in the cnn newsroom on this sunday evening. Afghanistan has fallen. As americans scramble to get out, more are heading in. A short time ago the pentagon approved sending another 1,000 troops because of the worsening security conditions. In all, a total of 6,000 american service members are now being deployed. It has been a day of breathtaking developments and heart wrenching images. The crowd you see in this social media post, believed to be americans and their allies at the kabul airport, waiting to board planes and leave the country. Scenes of complete chaos as people clamor to be evacuated. America s longest war has ended in humiliating collapse. Take a look at this. Al jazeera video showing victorious taliban fighters laying claim to the presidential palace. They swep
John catco on the not of fentanyl in the country and the delay to objecting the border with canada. Joe concha and marc siegel coming up. Sandra: the biden administration reportedly weighing whether they should shift guidance on masking up as covid cases surge across the country. Welcome. I m sandra smith on this thursday in new york, this is america reports. Hello, john. John: game two of a doubleheader. I m john roberts in washington. According to the washington post, white house aides are in talk with cdc officials about proposed messaging to the public. One idea is asking all americans to wear masks when vaccinated and unvaccinated people are together indoors or in public places. How do you know? local governments are already taking matters into their own hands as more cities and communities reimpose mandates. Sandra: all of this is happening as vaccination numbers stall and the delta variant drives cases. John: first, jacqui heinrich at the white house with the were reportedly hav